In the past month or so, the Wanchai Police District has received reports from a number of foreign drinkers, who reported that their credit cards were stolen and used to buy a large amount of champagne at the bar after spending time in Wanchai bars, or that their credit cards were stolen and used to spend in related shops. Some of them were victims The person's credit card was depleted of 70,000 yuan in one night.
On Christmas Eve and Christmas Eve, the Wanchai District Criminal Support Team and the anti-triad operation team launched the "Caixia" operation from last night to this morning (23rd to 24th), and "released the snake" to Luard Road A number of bars along Jaffe Road revealed that the bar staff colluded with the hostess and conspired to steal the credit cards of foreign drunks. The police charged the crimes of "theft", "conspiracy to steal" and "handling stolen goods" Four men and 10 women were arrested, aged between 34 and 49. Among them, 7 were bartenders and 6 were South Asian women. All arrested persons held Hong Kong identity cards.
Inspector Ng Hee-yue (left) in charge of the first team of the Wanchai District Criminal Investigation Team and Senior Inspector Chen Ziquan (right) in charge of the second main team of the Anti-Triad Action Team of the Wanchai Police District explained the case.
Inspector Wu Xiyu, Chief Inspector of the First Team of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Wanchai Police District, said that after analyzing a large number of closed-circuit televisions, the police noticed that a number of sexy-dressed South Asian women who served drinks pretended to be drinkers under the permission of the bar and lingered in many places. In a bar, wait for the opportunity to get close to the drunken customers, and use "half-uh, half-tai" to lure the alcoholic "Luka" to buy multiple bottles of expensive champagne and drink them on the spot.
She pointed out that the hostesses are organized into a group of 3 to 4 people, specializing in single drinkers.
The hostesses play different roles. Some are responsible for distracting guests with beauty, such as kissing on the spot, or performing a lot of intimacy; others are stealing credit cards; some are selling unopened champagne to the bar staff on the spot , or go to other bars to sell it for profit.
↓↓From last night to this morning (23rd to 24th), the police launched an arrest operation in the Wan Chai bar area↓↓
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During the "snake release" operation, a female escort hooked up with the "snake release" personnel, asked them to buy high-priced champagne, and tried to steal the personnel's credit card. The police immediately launched an arrest operation for "theft", "conspiracy to steal" 13 people were arrested for the crime of "handling stolen goods", including 7 bar staff and 6 South Asian women. All the arrested persons held Hong Kong identity cards and were being detained overnight for investigation.
The police believe that the criminal group has been in operation for 4 months, and it is not yet known whether it has a gang background.
During the operation, the police seized a total of 38 bottles of champagne, receipts and data books, and arrested a British wanted person on suspicion of underpayment of fines.
Senior Inspector Chen Ziquan, chief of the second main team of the Anti-Triad Action Group of the Wanchai Police District, mentioned that the police have recently noticed the rise of South Asian criminals, especially sexy women who are mainly Filipino.
According to the analysis of different cases, the police found that the bar staff would take pictures of the victim's bill payment process with their mobile phones in an attempt to mislead the police into believing that the victim was willing to pay the bill.
After comprehensive investigation and analysis of the crime methods, the police found that the bar staff involved in the case had obvious collusion with the group of sexy hostesses, including using the victim's credit card to buy multiple bottles of expensive champagne without the victim's consent, or even reselling the expensive wine to Other bartenders for cash.
He mentioned that sometimes these sexy hostesses would induce the victims to have sex in order to gain their trust and confuse the public.
He pointed out that the police discovered for the first time that the bar staff colluded with the women who accompanied them to defraud the drunken customers.
Based on the large number of people involved and the skillful techniques, the police do not rule out that the persons involved in the case were organized and premeditated to target single drunks, trick them into buying expensive alcohol, and bear large accounts while unconscious.
He pointed out that the remuneration of the hostess and the sharing of bills with the bar staff are still the scope of the police investigation. He said that some staff had collusion with the woman, and there is no information showing that the hostess was employed by the bar.
↓↓From last night to this morning (23rd to 24th), the police launched an arrest operation in the Wan Chai bar area↓↓
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As Christmas approaches, the police appeal to the public to pay attention to the safety of their belongings when they go to bars for entertainment, especially when they are surrounded by many strange women, they should be more careful and alert.
In addition, the police appealed that if any bar staff saw the incident, they should come forward immediately and report the criminals to the police.
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